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Chinese → English Chapter 16 Level 7/10

当我想到我的朋友们,想到德·雷西那温和的声音,阿加莎那温柔的眼神,以及那位阿拉伯女子那绝世的美貌,这些念头便消散了,一阵泪水稍稍抚慰了我。

When I thought of my friends, of the mild voice of De Lacey, the gentle eyes of Agatha, and the exquisite beauty of the Arabian, these thoughts vanished and a gush of tears somewhat soothed me.

但当我再次想到他们曾鄙弃并抛弃了我,愤怒又涌上心头,是一种狂暴的愤怒,无法伤害任何人,我便将怒火发泄在无生命的物体上。

But again when I reflected that they had spurned and deserted me, anger returned, a rage of anger, and unable to injure anything human, I turned my fury towards inanimate objects.

随着夜色渐深,我在小屋四周堆放了各种易燃物,并将花园里一切耕种的痕迹悉数毁去,然后强忍着焦急等待,直到月亮沉落,才开始行动。

As night advanced, I placed a variety of combustibles around the cottage, and after having destroyed every vestige of cultivation in the garden, I waited with forced impatience until the moon had sunk to commence my operations.

随着夜色愈发深沉,林中刮起一阵狂风,迅速驱散了在天际徘徊的云层;那阵疾风如巨大的雪崩般呼啸而过,在我心中激起了一种冲破一切理智与思考的疯狂。

As the night advanced, a fierce wind arose from the woods and quickly dispersed the clouds that had loitered in the heavens; the blast tore along like a mighty avalanche and produced a kind of insanity in my spirits that burst all bounds of reason and reflection.

我点燃一根干树枝,狂怒地围着那注定毁灭的小屋起舞,双眼始终凝视着西方的天际,月亮几乎已触到那边缘。

I lighted the dry branch of a tree and danced with fury around the devoted cottage, my eyes still fixed on the western horizon, the edge of which the moon nearly touched.

月轮终于有一部分隐没了,我挥动着火把;它沉落下去,我发出一声大喊,点燃了我事先堆好的稻草、荒草与灌木。

A part of its orb was at length hid, and I waved my brand; it sank, and with a loud scream I fired the straw, and heath, and bushes, which I had collected.

风助火势,小屋很快便被火焰吞没,那火焰紧紧攀附着它,用分叉的、毁灭一切的舌头舔舐着它。

The wind fanned the fire, and the cottage was quickly enveloped by the flames, which clung to it and licked it with their forked and destroying tongues.

Vocabulary

mild
温和的,温柔的,性格或态度平和
gentle
温柔的,和蔼的,待人亲切
exquisite
精致的,极其美丽或精美的
Arabian
阿拉伯的,与阿拉伯地区相关的
vanished
消失了,突然不见,vanish的过去式
gush
涌出,大量液体或情感突然喷出
somewhat
有些,稍微,程度不完全的副词
soothed
安抚了,使平静,soothe的过去式
reflected
反思,沉思,reflect的过去式
spurned
蔑视拒绝,鄙弃,spurn的过去式
deserted
抛弃了,遗弃,desert的过去式
rage
狂怒,极度愤怒的情绪状态
unable
无法,不能,表示缺乏能力
injure
伤害,造成身体或精神损伤
fury
狂怒,极度愤怒,猛烈的力量
inanimate
无生命的,没有生命迹象的物体
advanced
推进,夜晚逐渐深入,advance的过去式
variety
多种,各种各样,种类繁多
combustibles
易燃物,可以燃烧的材料
cottage
小屋,农村中的简陋小房子
destroyed
破坏,彻底毁坏,destroy的过去式
vestige
痕迹,遗迹,极少量的残留物
cultivation
耕作,培育,对土地的农业种植
forced
强迫的,不自然的,force的过去式
impatience
不耐烦,急躁,缺乏耐心的情绪
sunk
沉落,下沉,sink的过去分词
commence
开始,着手进行,正式开始做某事
operations
行动,操作,operation的复数形式
fierce
猛烈的,凶猛的,强度极大的
arose
升起,出现,arise的过去式
dispersed
驱散,使分散,disperse的过去式
loitered
徘徊,漫无目的地停留,loiter的过去式
heavens
天空,天际,heaven的复数形式
blast
一阵强风,爆炸性的气流冲击
tore
猛冲,tear的过去式,猛烈撕扯或穿行
mighty
强大的,巨大的,力量强劲的
avalanche
雪崩,大量雪或岩石突然滑落
insanity
疯狂,精神错乱,极度非理性状态
spirits
精神,情绪,spirit的复数形式
burst
冲破,突破,burst的过去式
bounds
界限,限制,bound的复数形式
reason
理性,理智,用逻辑思考的能力
reflection
反思,深思,对事物的认真思考
devoted
注视着,全神贯注于,devote的过去式
fixed
凝视,目光集中于某处
horizon
地平线,天空与地面交汇处
edge
边缘,末端,物体的外侧界限
nearly
几乎,差不多,接近但未完全达到
orb
圆球体,指月球或太阳的圆形外观
length
最终,at length表示终于
hid
隐藏,hide的过去式,遮住不见
brand
火把,点燃的木棒用作火炬
sank
沉下,sink的过去式,下沉消失
scream
尖叫,发出高声的叫喊
fired
点燃,fire的过去式,使燃烧
straw
稻草,干燥的植物茎秆
heath
荒野,长满低矮灌木的旷野
bushes
灌木丛,bush的复数,低矮树木
fanned
煽动,fan的过去式,使火燃烧更旺
enveloped
包围,笼罩,envelop的过去式
flames
火焰,flame的复数,燃烧的火
clung
缠绕,cling的过去式,紧紧附着
licked
舔,lick的过去式,火舌舔舐物体
forked
分叉的,像叉子一样分成多支的
destroying
摧毁,正在破坏,destroy的现在分词
tongues
舌头,tongue的复数,火焰的舌状形态
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